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Can a loan shark be full of debts?

My friend loaned from a loan shark before and he was charged way more than he expected. He threatened a bunch of times yet, nothing bad happened to him. He is curious why the interest of loan sharks are larger than the usual loaners. Are they also in debt that they are charging other people with large amount to pay that?

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    Most loan sharks have a lot of money due to their way of business. Other loan sharks are under by a much bigger company that also lend money. Even though being a loan shark is illegal, they still continue to do this business. They usually do this illegal stuffs to pay their debts. So even though they are doing illegal things, they are doing it to pay other people.

    2020.03.24 15:44

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When collecting a debt from someone, you must do everthing professionally. In this case, the debt collector dealt it in a private settlement. What sets them apart from your neighbourhood ah long is the fact that they try to comply with the law. There’s also an industry Code of Ethics set up by the Credit Collection Association of Singapore, which resolves disputes between debtors and collection agencies; however, the CCAS does not have a great deal of power to enforce the code.

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